Contra Costa County, California
Kensington Real Estate and Local Guide
Kensington is an affluent, single-family residential community in the Berkeley Hills, home over the years to many UC Berkeley professors and Nobel laureates. Local voters have repeatedly declined to incorporate the roughly one-square-mile area as a city.
Living in Kensington
Unincorporated community that has repeatedly voted against becoming its own city. Source: en.wikipedia.org
IncomeAbout $209,137 median household
EducationAbout 81% hold a bachelor's or higher
CountyContra Costa County
Homes in Kensington
Owner-occupiedAbout 85% of occupied housing units
Single-family detached homesAbout 94% of the housing stock
Median home valueRoughly $1.41 million
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Kensington home
Blake Garden
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Ten-acre garden operated by UC Berkeley on the grounds of the former Blake House
Colusa Circle
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Small historic commercial district also known as the Kensington Circus
Arlington Avenue shopping district
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Second of the community's two small commercial areas, near Amherst Avenue
Tilden Regional Park
Source: ebparks.org
Large East Bay regional park bordering Kensington to the east
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park
Source: ebparks.org
Regional park along the ridgeline east of the community